Where do you spray your bows?

[Bowjunkie]

Anybody utilize a spray booth of some kind?

Since I've moved and am putting the finishing touches on getting my bow shop together, I'm wondering if I should try to put some type of spray booth in there. I'm quickly running out of room, but I'm open to ideas....

Right now, I'm spraying them in the garage(not cool, getting overspray on stuff) and then moving them to a heated, relatively dust free room. It's inconvenient.

I'm just wondering how nice it would be to have a spray booth with filtered air moving through... maybe a way to hold the bow by a hook in the top that's connected to a lazy Suzan type bearing that I could rotate as needed... I don't know.

Any ideas or pictures of your set ups?

[T Folts]

Bowjunkie
I built a spraybooth in my shop (basement) and vented it outside through a window and it works real good. I used a furnace motor and put a filter in between the booth and the motor. I can put some pics up later for you to see.
Terry

[stickhunter]

I,ve been thinking about building one myself. I'll definatly be following the responses on this one.

[b.glass]

I have a booth but not a way to vent the overspray out. Exaust fans that are for such things, (I'm concerned about electric spark starting a fire), are expensive.

TFolts, I would like to see your pics.

[Don Armstrong]

I spray outside. Just have to pick a day with no wind. Don

[Bowjunkie]

We could eliminate the fire hazard by using a motor that's seperated from the blower... with either a long shaft or belt driven... then isolate it from the fumes with some type of barrier... plywood, tin, etc.  

My next concern is the volume of air it moves... wouldn't want TOO much or it might affect the spraying of the bow. We could always put a damper on the intake side of the blower to regulate the volume of air it moved.

Filter the blower with a replaceable furnace filter to keep it from getting all gooped up with finish, and filter the fresh incoming air at the other end of the booth with a second furnace filter.

Hmmmmmm....

[T Folts]

Here are some picks, the motor is attached to the side and I ordered a extra long belt and detached the motor and mounted it below the blower and put a board between the blower and the motor and passed the belt through slots to keep any spark away from the fumes. I also put a filter on the front of the blower box with a door I can shut so the unit doubles as a air filer also by simply closing a louver to the spray booth on back and opening the door.